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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • brilaseguridad@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: rosa laporta <rosalaporta516@web.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:18:25 +0100
Subject: LOTERIA PRIMITIVA ESPANA




LOTERIA PRIMITIVA ESPANA
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
MADRID-SPAIN.
EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME!!!

We are delighted to notify you of the result of the
Ithaca international programs held on 17th feb,2007.
Your email address were attached to one of the ten
Winning Ticket numbers (025-114-6992-750).You have
therefore been approved fora lump sum pay out of
¤250,000.00(Two Hundred FiftyThousand Euro)in cash
credited to filereference no EPSL /25003127/CSL/02,
bATCH NOS EULO/2907/444/908/06

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

All participants were selected through a computer
Ballot system from our sponsor databases, including
Over 5,000 companies and 20,000 individual E-mail
Addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn
from Asia, A frica, Europe, North And South America,
O ceania and around the world. To file for your urgent
claim, please contact our affiliate agent.

BRILA SECURIDAD COMPANY
Mr Anthonio Rubio Correa
(Foreign services manager)
TEL: +34- 653-037-716
Email: brilaseguridad@aim.com [mailto:brilaseguridad@aim.com]


As part of our security protocol to avoid double
claimings and to minimize identification difficulties
we advise you keep this information confidential until
your claim is processed successfully and to avoid
Unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants
NOTE: All prize must be claimed before the 15TH of Mar07.

After this date, all funds will be returned to the
MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed Fund.
In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
Remember to quote your ticket, batch and ref numbers
in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be
any change of address d o inform our agents as soon as
possible. Your winning prize is not deductable until your
winning has been processed,approved and transferred to you.

The beneficiary is responsible for the Vett/Approval charges
of the winning prize to his/her country.
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours sincerely,
Rosa Laporta
For Claims Officer
The Lotto Company, Spain




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